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Unlike the global mobile industry, which has gone through a lot of notable changes at or near the top of its vendor chart in the last few years, the US smartphone market is generally much steadier and frankly, more boring in terms of the companies leading the sales ranks.
Because highly successful international brands like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Realme, and Huawei have no official retail presence stateside, Apple and Samsung are essentially unchallenged in their regional gold and silver medal positions respectively.
The battle for silver might be heating up soon
Motorola’s ambitions are only growing larger
The Motorola Edge+ (2022) is a pretty solid Galaxy S22 Ultra alternative.
What’s arguably even more remarkable is the company’s number two spot in the sub-$400 segment of the US smartphone market, although it’s not entirely clear if Apple’s $399 second-gen iPhone SE was in fact included in that category.
All in all, Motorola’s US sales more than doubled last year, jumping an incredible 131 percent compared to 2020, and while the death of LG’s mobile division certainly played a crucial part in that, the full growth picture is definitely more complex than what meets the eye.
